YOUTH/REC SPORTS: Red Knights nearing the finish line

SOUTH COVENTRY — The Red Knights are heading to the end of the 2012 season, with only a few weeks remaining for all of the teams.

Norchester Red Knights 25, Lower Perkiomen 6: The Red Knights Flag Team 1 improved to 5-2 with a win over Lower Perkiomen. Derek Hinrichs, Dylan Weaver and Derek Larson each rushed for 50-plus yards to lead the Red Knights offense. Colin King, Caleb Little, Chase Parisan, Matthew Karounos Alejandro Estrada and Christian Carroll led a bend-but-don’t-break defense that stopped the Longhorns on four out of five possessions.

Norchester Red Knights 27, Pennridge 12: The Red Knights Flag Team 2 defeated Pennridge with the game won on solid defense with 22 total team tackles. Jackson Waters led the defensive effort with 11 tackles. Jayson Beideman, Evan Belcher and Colton Waters all added to that tally. Alex Brandt and Dysen Neil led the offensive effort with two touchdowns apiece. Lucas Zachesky, Jayson Beideman, Zach Luckowski and Logan Frownfelter made excellent blocks all over the field, providing wide open holes for the Red Knight runners.

Norchester Red Knights 28. Pennridge 0: The 105-pound Red Knights blanked Pennridge, upping their record to 5-3 overall (4-3 in the division). It was the last division game for the Red Knights, who stormed out to a 20-0 halftime lead at halftime, The second team offense then drove the ball and was able to punch it in for a fourth touchdown. Touchdowns were scored by Scotty Honicker, Ricky McCutchen (two) and Jake Brownley. Dan Mancini had one passing touchdown. Ryan Matthews had a strong running game with several long runs. The line had a good performance and the second line showed they could also do the job, leading the second team into the end zone with Brahm Bean, Peyton Brezski, David Pelletier, Ethan Stubanas, and Jaden Viti. Strong defensive efforts were turned in by Darrian Seaman and Tom McClean.

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Others: The 80-pound team lost to Pennridge 19-6, the 120-pound team lost 28-0 in a tough game against Souderton. The 145-pound team beat Pennridge, 18-7.

Coventry Wildcats

Coventry Wildcats 38. Upper Perkiomen 12: The Coventry Wildcats fifth-grade team improved to 4-0 with a win over host Upper Perk. Ty Livers took his third carry 35 yards for first score to put the Wildcats on the board early. Champ Doyle ran in the conversion to make it 7-0. The Wildcats’ stifling defense made the Mohawks punt on two of their first four possessions and caused a fumble and an interception on the other two. Antonio Petrucelli recovered the fumble setting up Isaac White’s 15-yard run for the second score. Petrucelli also added the conversion. The Cats quickly scored again as Livers intercepted a deep pass and on the next play and raced 70 yards for the touchdown to make it 20-6 at half. At the start of the third quarter the Cats went to the air on a halfback pass as Livers hit Issac White for a 25-yard scoring strike (26-6). Jordan Frye then took a blocked punt and raced 33 yards for the Cats fifth score (32-6). Doyle put the Cats final points on the board, taking a direct snap and racing 52 yards as he broke two tackles and outran the defense to put the Cats up 38-12. The defense got great play from White with 11 tackles, Doyle with seven, Petrucelli with six and Connor Leister with five. The offensegenerated 252 yards on the ground, led up-front by Dylan Bauer, Zach Spinder, Zach LuLu, Tim Nessport, Tom Dempsey and Daniel Frisk.

Spring-Ford

Spring-Ford Rams second-grade Blue 19, Boyertown Bears Black 13: Spring-Ford’s offensive line, led by Luke Pajovich, Danny Winters, Jake Reigh and Ryan Shener, paved the way as Kolten Kqira scored a late touchdown for the win over the Bears. Jaden Minter and Cole Nilles forced a fumble with seconds left in the game to clinch the win.

Perkiomen Valley Vikings 12, Spring-Ford Rams second-grade Grade Gold 7: The Rams lost in a hard fought battle to Perkiomen Valley. With another outstanding performance by the defensive team the Rams forced two fumbles which were recovered by Domanic Ortlop and Colin Sweeney. Sweeney’s recovery led to a touchdown by Donovan Ortlip, with Jack Gallagher adding the extra point. Also contributing on the defense were Lebron Bellamy and Jacob Mest. The Gold’s team’s offensive line worked hard and was led by Jacob Weider and Brian Holland Jr.

Spring-Ford Rams third-grade Gold 21, Coventry Wildcats 7: Leading the Rams way up front on offense were Ryan Garvey, Ryan Spangler and Andy Craig whose strong blocking opened holes for Trey Tiffan to score two touchdowns and Ryan Horvath to score one touchdown. Tiffan also scored two extra points and Chris Quigley added one extra point. On defense, the Rams were led by Tiffan with eight tackles, Jackson Sullivan with a fumble recovery and Quigley with an interception.

Spring-Ford Rams fourth-grade Blue 26, Boyertown Black 0: Ryan Beppel and Liam Baker scored touchdowns in the first half. On-side kicks were recovered by Justin Machita and Nick Teets. In the second half Baker had his second touchdown of the game. Justin Machita added another touchdown. Big plays were made by Joey Brogan and Jack McGill to secure the win.

Spring-Ford Rams sixth-grade Blue 25, Boyertown 6: The Rams traveled to Boyertown for the second straight week and came away with a win. A suffocating Rams defense, led by Nick DelRomano, Joey Romano and Jackson Incollingo, with contributions from Kelan Bennet and Colin Curatolo, did not allow Boyertown a first down until late in the fourth quarter. Tyler Horgan, Gavin McGill and Brian Peck each caught a touchdown pass from James Mullen. Great pass blocking was provided by Peyton Gensler, Evan McNabb, John McAteer and Connor Hudson. It was a complete team effort.

Pottsgrove

Pottstove 24, Boyertown 18: Pottsgrove’s special teams gave the offense great field position to start the game, and quarterback Jaden Blakey capitalized on it by throwing a strike to Larry Wingo for a 40-yard touchdown. The Falcons’ normally stout defense gave up the lead by allowing back-to-back touchdowns to Boyertown, but would soon redeem itself. Blakey hit Kahlim Smith for his second touchdown on a 30-pass to tie the score at 12-12 at half time. Larry Wingo stopped a Bears’ drive with an interception, then burned Boyertown’s secondary for a 30-yard touchdown reception on a pass by halfback Blake Strain. Blakey scored Pottsgrove’s fourth touchdown on a quarterback keeper after Wingo recovered a forced fumble by Skylar Mcleod. Trailing 24-12, Boyertown scored six more points to close the gap to 24-18. The Bears got one more chance, but were shut down by a tough Falcons defense. The defensive unit of Justin Adams, Joe Kling, Tommy Doyle, Rasul Faison, Kahlim Smith, Alex Salata, Jay Sisko, James Crocker, Mcleod, Wingo, and Blakey secured the victory. The secondary with Salata, Smith and Sisko played tight coverage, linebackers hit hard, and the defensive line pinned its ears back. Kling and Doyle combined for a sack, and Mcleod forced his second fumble with heavy pressure on the quarterback with the resulting turnover sealing the win for Pottsgrove, with the Falcons varsity midgets now 6-0.

BOYS ICE HOCKEY

Owen J. Roberts 7, Perkiomen Valley 4: The Owen J. Roberts Middle School hockey team posted its second win of the season with a defeat of Perkiomen Valley. The Wildcats’ Ryan Niggeman opened the first period, scoring on assists from Ed Keegan and Bill Kranich. The Vikings roared back with three straight goals from Brandon Leer, Argen Detoito, and Colin Kasiarz, respectively, in a span of just over two minutes to take the 3-1 lead. But OJR fired back with three goals in less than three minutes to regain the lead 4-3. Goals were scored by Tyler Crouthamel, Kevin Hatten and Ryan Niggeman, while Billy Kranich and Austin Mourar picked up the assists. Brandon Leer tied the game at 4-4 for the Vikings, with Detoito picking up the assist, early in the second period. Tyler Crouthamel scored just over a minute later on the power play to put the Wildcats back on top, 5-4. Picking up the assist on this eventual game winning goal was Ed Keegan. The Wildcats added two more goals in the third period with Austin Mourar adding the final tally, unassisted.

For the second straight game the Wildcats were outshot 20-17. Darius Lobello took over in goal in the second and third period to post his second win of the season, making 13 saves. The Viking’s goalie Oliver Duffey also had 13 saves on 20 shots.

BASEBALL

The Boyertown Bears 12/U fall ball team recently won the inaugural Wood Bat Tournament, going 5-0 for the weekend.

The Bears opened with an 11-1 victory over the Chesmont Chargers then followed with 12-3 win over the Stonersville Flames, and a 13-3, victory over the Hatfield Hawks. Sunday championship round started with a 7-4, win over the Stonersville Flames. The Bears then faced a tough Souderton Bulldogs team for the championship. Trailing, 2-1, in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Bears put together a great comeback to win 3-2. Boyertown had some great pitching from Andrew Hartman, Matt Haman, Jared Waldman and Nolan Kline. The defense consisted of Chris Davis, Caleb Harrison, John Wagner, Hayden Hainsey, Colin Maloney, Jordan Miller, Mike Martin, and Willie McDevitt who allowed only a total 10 runs.

About the Author

Rosemarie Ross is a veteran sports reporter for The Mercury. A native of Germany, she began her career with the former United Press International pioneering the role of women in sports reporting. She was worked in Trenton, Phladelphia and Patterson, N.J. and has covered pro sports and boxing. She is a member of the National Hall of Fame for her boxing coverage. She covers high school sports -- and loves it. Reach the author at rross@pottsmerc.com
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